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long. Gaudichaud gives it as of equal length with the petiole. A specimen from Lahai 
which seems to belong here has ovate-oblong leaves, contracting and slightly fectiiats 
at the base, with a shor ja, 
6. D. parviflora, sp. n. — Branching (?), the stem or branches fleshy and 
distantly foliose. Leaves lanceolate or oblong in outline, 5—6‘ > !/2—1'/2‘, 
sharply cut into irregularly dentate or lta? lobes of '/4—'!/2‘ in depth, 
gradually tapering into a petiole of 1—1"/2‘, dull, not shining in the badly 
flowered in the upper half; pedicels 3’; bracts dentifor Calyx 2—2!/2", 
shortly toothed. Corolla suberect, 9”, withe a dorsal cde at the middle. 
Berry subglobose, 4“, Anthers quite glabrous. Seeds white, wrinkled. 
Hawaii! Kohala range, and woods of Mauna Kea (4500 ft.). 
. fallax, sp. n. — Stem simple (?), fleshy in a upper portion, dis- 
tantly ites. Leaves lanceolate or elongate-oblong, 9’ & 2‘, on long 
petioles of 4—5', obtuse, sare denticulate, rr Peers at the 
base, dull, but transluc Pedunecle with Elie 1'/.—2‘, naked in the 
fowee haf ae cels 5”; ace subulate, 11/2. Calyx-tube 2—3'/2", the 
teeth 11/2“, Corolla 9’, suberect, with a dorsal gibbus at the 
oo tee glabrous. Berry subglobose, 3—4". Seeds white, 
i 1. 
Hawaii! woods of Hamakua and Hilo. Leaves in shape like those of Cyanea obtusa. 
6. CYANEA, Gaud. 
Calyx-tube adnate, globose to cylindrical, the lobes of variable length, 
short spice to etic times the length of the tube, often foliaceous, 
valvate, rar , persistent. Corolla tubular, more or less curved, 
5-cleft, =A ant ae dorsal slit extending beyond the middle. Staminal 
column free from the corolla, the two lower anthers, or rarely all, tufted 
at the apex. Stigma 2-lobed, hairy at the back or base of ‘die: abort 
s small ovoid, 
, always with a tinge at least of purplish- -blue, the pedicels “a 
ec hid the middle. ; 
A large Hawaiian genus. 
se rem arene than their tube: 
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ptt ial te 
esha wes slend 
rola lilae- colored ; ‘staminal column glabrous ame 
t Tinea oblong 1. €. angustifolia. 
at te areoles, obovate- 
mgr Penimecastys with larger el onga an wee 
2 acuminata. 
ssieaaier aad staminal ‘column pubescent 
